xxii. dictated

[heloise]

When does one become, no longer a teenager, but an adult? I heard the drinking of wine will in the future be restricted to those older than eighteen, so does wine make an adult?

And what other licenses are given to someone with eighteen years? I should like to try them all.

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[heloise]

[ THAT IDIOT JUAN... ]

What harm does it cause the body?

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[samson]

Well... there's this thing in tobacco that kind of makes you addicted to it. Like a chemical. [Does she know what a chemical is. MOVING ON...]

Anyway, you're basically sucking tar and smoke into your lungs. So it does... that.

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[heloise]

But one can become addicted to anything that brings pleasure, sometimes even those that bring pain.

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[samson]

I... guess so. Sure.

[lmfao lucrezia he is not that poetic-minded...]

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[heloise]

So these cigarettes, are they pleasing?

[ she wants to whip him into shape. ]

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[samson]

Kind of. They help me calm down, anyway.

[Now think about the implications of that, since he is like constantly smoking...]

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[heloise]

Then you should show me how.

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[samson]

How to smoke?

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[heloise]

Yes, cigarettes. You did suggest it.

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[samson]

I also said they're addictive...

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[heloise]

But I should take advantage of my status now as an adult even in the modern sense of the word.

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[samson]

Well, you don't have to smoke just 'cause you're an adult.

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[heloise]

Then you should give me another thing to do. Something only adults do.

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[samson]

[He almost says 'taxes' but he doesn't think she'd get the joke.]

Lottery tickets. You can gamble.

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[heloise]

Do you think Fortuna favors me?

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[samson]

Could be. Everybody else I know has real bad luck, so somebody has to have all the good, right?

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[heloise]

Maybe. But if I were truly fortunate, I would not be born a woman.

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[samson]

No, you were probably just born in the wrong century.

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[heloise]

Might I be happier if I were born in your century?

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[samson]

Maybe. You'd be a different person.

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[heloise]

Different how? I might wear jeans.

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[samson]

[pfft.] Yeah, you might.

But I meant you'd have grown up in, uh, different circumstances. So you'd be different.

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[heloise]

I would be happier a peasant. Then I can marry for love or work and not marry at all. [ As if she's worked a day in her life. ]

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[samson]

Or you can do both.

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[heloise]

My work would be in my husband's house were I to marry.